Just bought 3G version along with Uncharted Golden Abyss, Lumines, 16 gb memory card and starter pack. Pretty neat system if you ask me. Kinda big but really comfortable. Nice display. I was a bit surprised because buttons and analogs seem pretty small... but everything works as it should. I'm going to buy Escape Plan and Super stardust delta for sure.
I've had the Vita for a week now and I'm not impressed. The Vita has crashed and frozen on me several times now, and the PS button on the Vita has sunk into the Vita making it harder to press now, but now I can say something no one else can, "I been inside the Vita. Ya, it has a pretty tight hole". Also I'm afraid to put the Vita down on anything but it's case, my bed, or couch because the back touch might scratch. It's suppose to be used as a portable but I'm just too afraid to take it anywhere because it's so fragile and needs a giant case where ever it goes.
| Hyruken said: Went and picked up mine from HMV with Fifa and Uncharted for £250. Then paid £15 for a memory card and £19.99 for the starter pack (mainly for the case and screen protector). So in all almost £300 to be up and running. I had played it before today so this was not really first impressions but more longer impressions. First things is yet again I have believed the bullshit people on here or on the net spout about how powerful it is....for a console supposed to be near PS3 level fuck is it slow! It takes so long to do everything! Load times remind me of the old spectrum days! Without a doubt the slowest "modern" console I have used. People talk about the processor in it being so good buy why does it run so shit? My phone is about x10 faster then it (iphone). When actually turned it on for the first time it asked if I wanted to use my psn details...no brainer there. But when you enter your details it says it won't let you as you need to update the system first....strange. So after going in anonymous and updating finally was able to login as me! The intro video and the Welcome park games were quite neat I thought. Shows that you can do multiple things with the controls. Tried running a few of the included things i.e camera and all seems fine! Although I noticed in the settings it says you can change the "panel" design so I changed it to one of the included ones but it hasen't actually changed it. Again a bit odd. So then finally got around to putting in Uncharted to have a quick bash. The game didn't want to work....I figured I had not put the memory card in, doh! But this pissed me off too because that would mean I would of not been able to play had I not bought one that day! Which is lucky I got one. So have a go at Uncharted and realise straight away all the screens of the game on here or on the net have been taken from cut scenes....The actual in game graphics are nowhere near PS3 level, in fact I honestly would say they look no different to the games I have played on my tablet or phone. The game seems to run sometimes a bit slowly when there are a lot of baddies on screen. I will take a longer look later on tonight at Uncharted. Next up bunged in Fifa. And to be honest I was pretty impressed! This one looks more in line with what I have been playing on the console. But there are still issues with it. Again you notice slow downs and sometimes passes don't go where you want. Also not having two bumbers on each side is a bit annoying when your used to lobbing and finese shots. Many visual features have been removed i.e static backgrounds/crowd movement and so on. But the essence of the game is there and I think that is what matters. I am sure I will play Fifa a shit load. All in all am a bit dissapointed in it. It is clearly not ps3 level and is on par with current smartphones/tablets. Granted those things cost a lot more. But the reality is I have a 3DS and a iphone 4s. For me I have used these devices to the point they now feel normal. When I get my next phone/tablet I expect the features in them to come as standard. That is why I am a bit dissapointed with the Vita because that near £300 is a lot of money. I could of basically got a ps3 + a 360 for it. The features within the system are very limited. You can't talk to other people, can't video call people, can't instant message people i.e texts/whatsapp etc. The interface feels really dated. It reminds me of a Wii and how that sort of looks, it has the feel of it and the icons and the symbols look similar to it. The fact you can't customize it too makes it feel limited. Maybe there is a way to add your own backgrounds and things like that but I couldn't see them. Technically what i'm saying is my Vita will look the same as yours. There are other things missing such as ability to listen to the radio or watch tv. The office style tools such as notepads, calculators and so on. These things are very useful. As are things like calenders. For me that is the second main problem. It just feels clunky and dated in regards to it's interface. It feels slow. Maybe Sony can do an update to change it eventually who knows. But my biggest gripe of all is the costs. Sorry but the thing is a rip off in every aspect. It is no wonder the company are in severe financial trouble when they have prices set as they are. To download a game digitally costs more then it does physically. That is simply stupid. The prices on the store are a complete joke and anyone who pays them is being taken advantage of. You obviously have more money then sense. If you saw someone in the street trying to flog a banana to an old guy at a cost of £3 PER one you would tell the guy he should save his money and get it from someone else. You would think that guy is trying to take advantage of that man and thus look badly upon him. I see this as no different. In shops you can pick up games for around £25. There is no reason at all to be charging people double that to purchase games digitally other then greed. It is wrong and needs to change. People won't like me mentioning/comparing it to smart technology but you can't avoid it. On the app stores you buy games for about 69p. I got GTA3 for that at the weekend. There are no games around these prices. To get the equivelent of these games you have to pay £7 and upwards. Some of them around £20. These games should be nowhere near that. You can argue all you want about how much better the controls are but normal people don't think graphics = buy. The world is a different place now. Don't get me wrong I do like the Vita, it is better then my 3DS. The games appeal to me more. But unless the price changes for the content then it is going to struggle far more then it already is. As companies get more used to the technology better games will be released but paying £40 for something like Ridge Racer should be illegal. In time I am sure I will learn to really like it but I know I will only be using it for playing games. Because there is nothing else to do with it. |
thats because one is a gaming console and the other a smartphone.
but at one point i agree uk psn prices are overpriced
Euphoria14 said:
Then instead of that sock use one of your own. Surely with 32GB of porn you have at least (1) sock lying around that should be stiff enough to protect it from a drop or two. |
LMFAO! Nah. One of my socks would be so solid, it'd cut the Vita like a diamond. I'm just gonna take the current starter kit back on my way home from work in the morning. Then, I'll grab the better, cheaper bundle. Sad thing is, they HAD the leather case there. I just went crazy and said that I wanted the headphones, screen protecter, 4gb card, etc., just in case. I just remembered that I convinced the guy behind me to pick up the same starter kit! I told him the Vita didn't come with a memory card and he couldn't play games without it. He's probably cursing my name, right now. 40 bucks for a case that isn't a case, some headphones that aren't as good as the ones we both already have, and a 4GB card when the system came with an 8GB card.
I wanted to play with my Vita all night while I'm at work (I don't really do much work when I'm at work). Now, I have to leave it at home and read the manual. At least I'll have Snake Eater 3D on my 3DS to satisfy my gaming needs! I'll even take my PSP for one last spin.
As for my impressions: A VERY solid and capable system. The screen looks much better and sharper in my house than it did on the store display. Crazy thing--the same could be said for the 3DS. Something about those store display consoles that makes the system look worse than it really is. The system feels very sturdy. It oozes power.
I'm probably one of the biggest 3DS advocates you're going to find. I love that console. In just a couple of short hours, the PSV made that console seem under-powered. Welcome Park showed off a lot of the finer features of the Vita and I like it a lot. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see what the system can REALLY do. It's downloading all of my PSP games from the PS3 to the PSV, right now. After I finish doing that, I'm just going to shut it down for the day. Haven't even given Uncharted a try, yet.
I've owned around 6 Nintendo DS's (one I bought for my kid) since it launched. When I got a PSP, it just seemed like a better fit for me. I really enjoyed both systems, but the PSP was just more of what I wanted a portable system to be. I already own a 3DS and my kid owns one, too. We love it. Hundreds upon hundreds of hours have been spent with it over the past year (didn't get mine until late June, though). I've only spent a couple of hours with the Vita and I can already see that the hardware is on another level. Now, if only there was a fucking game worth playing on it.
I do not regret the purchase one bit. It's an awesome piece of hardware, so far.
30 more minutes before I get out of work and pick up my Vita, so hopefully I can give my impressions later on tonight after some Uncharted and Rayman time.
iPhone = Great gaming device. Don't agree? Who cares, because you're wrong.
Currently playing:
Final Fantasy VI (iOS), Final Fantasy: Record Keeper (iOS) & Dragon Quest V (iOS)
Could you guys give some impressions on the battery life? That is my biggest annoyance with the vita.
Noon delivery from UPS.
Still in the process of setting things up, and I've been downloading a bunch of PSV demos on the PS3, but I suppose I could still comment on my technically second impression of just the hardware itself after my in store demo at GS.
Random thoughts:
My first impression of the PSV was "lighter than it looks; feels a bit tinny as a result." With that in mind, when I picked up the PSV out of the box, now it feels heavier than I remembered. I realize the 3G model is a bit heavier, but it definitely feels more substantial than I remembered. 19 grams/.6 oz should not make a difference, which has me wondering if the in-store demo model was a stripped model that has no battery for in-store kiosk play only.
Following up on the heft with the power on and that OLED display looks a lot better when it's not under fluorescent overhead lights. In a darkened room it looks gorgeous. Blacks are inky black. Great contrast. Need to do an outdoor/sunlight test. Display creates weird black after image patterns visible when the display is off. Not an issue when powered on.
That rear touch panel is way too glossy. Like glass. Means I probably don't want to be setting it down on anything hard without applying a protective film on the back. Between that and the uber glossy display, this thing really shouldn't be taken anywhere without a case.
22 users showing up on Near. Already liking this better than Street Pass, which is one of my most liked 3DS features that actually made it worth taking onto the streets in standby mode.
Multi-tasking is really easy with the utility apps (browser, google maps, Near, etc.).
Everything about this unit is starting to make the 3DS and the PSP look and feel more like toys.
Remote Play up and running. Too easy. Video looks fantastic. Starting to think this means the PS3 is going to be on a lot more as of today.
Remote Play with PSOne games works great, but how the hell do you quit games? The PS button only takes you to the multi-task menu.
While realizing Home has a definite niche user base, it would be kind of cool to be able to run it on the PSV.
Speakers are about what should be expected of a portable device of its size. Not particularly loud, but not terribly tinny sounding either.
Still not really feeling the circle based UI. Dots just aren't the best way to use screen real estate efficiently, but I suppose they didn't want to copy what already works best in iOS.
Alright, time to transfer some demos.
Mistakenly opened camera app when trying to transfer data from PS3. Wow. It's really terrible. Nobody's going to be using the camera(s) for anything that's not tied to an in-game function. Should be fine for video calls though.
Transferring games/demos from the PSP is controlled from the PS3. Easier that way. On the PSV, the content transfer is controlled by the PSV, meaning, if it doesn't recognize content on the PS3, you can't transfer it.
That said, I'm having trouble transferring my PSP games and may have to just re-download them from the PSN Store which seems kind of pointless.
PSV is too expensive.
Not enough games that set it apart from ps3.
Will not buy.
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